INDIANAPOLIS (WANE) Should gun owners in Indiana be required to have a license to carry? It’s a controversial topic that brings a lot of heated debate.

Monday, state lawmakers discussed getting rid of the requirement. Indiana Statehouse reporter David Williams learned changes could be on the way,

While those changes won’t impact the more than 815,000 people in Indiana who already have a license to carry a handgun, it would affect those trying to get a permit.

Lawmakers and the public packed the House Chambers Monday to talk gun laws and how you get a gun permit. By a vote of 15-5, a summer committee approved a report months in the making.

“Essentially, the report kind of strikes a middle ground that says we, to the extent that’s possible, should get rid of some of those hurdles and make it a little easier for people to exercise their second amendment right,” said Senator Rodrick Bray of Indiana’s District 37.